except those that betake themselves to a people who are joined with you by a compact, or come to you with breasts constricted from fighting with you or fighting their people. Had God willed, He would have given them authority over you, and then certainly they would have fought you.
Ini berikut yang sesudahnya dinasakhkan oleh ayat perang. (Sekiranya Allah menghendaki) agar mereka menguasaimu (tentulah Dia akan menjadikan mereka berkuasa atasmu) yaitu dengan menguatkan hati mereka (sehingga pastilah mereka memerangimu) tetapi Allah tiada menghendaki demikian, maka ditiupkan-Nya ke dalam hati mereka rasa takut dan ciut.